James Lipton Quotes

Savvy observers occasionally note television's resemblance to the weather: Everybody loves to complain about it, but nobody can do anything to fix it.

Let's be real: It's just TV; it's just entertainment.

TV is a major force in our lives - a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty.

I seriously consider television to be the people's medium.

TV and film has defined my entire life.

Television probably has become the most evocative, widely observed signpost we have.

I don't read the press, I don't watch endless music TV.

Television is a powerful medium that has to be used for something better than sitcoms and police shows. On the other hand, if you don't recognize the forces that play on what people watch and what they don't then you're a fool and you should be in a different business.

My rejection of the idea of entertainment in its current form is based on the audience that comes with it.

Television really has been responsible for everything that I've done successfully.

I can't understand why TV tries to appeal to youth.

I do feel like the media is one of the biggest problems. If you look at all these rolling news channels, they sensationalize the story, they focus on gossip, and they don't actually tell the full story.

Television has power.

Avoid both infatuation with or resentment of the press.

Does 'Jersey Shore' make me sad for humanity that this is what's passing for entertainment? Well, this is a business, and if that's what millions of people want to watch, I can't fault someone for producing it.

Now we've gotten accustomed to reality shows where the goal is to see people acting foolish.

Hollywood makes stuff that people absorb, and it lingers in your subconscious.

We know television should educate and inform, and I believe it should entertain.

Whoever said I hated the media?

There's something missing in all this new new media craziness, and that is something that uses celebrity news as a way to get into a really serious analysis of our culture.

In general, both in Spanish and English, the quality of the entertainment media is horrible.

I think TV, at least most immediately, perhaps more so than film, is a reflection of society.

It's that experienced eye that knows what the public loves and how to create that Hollywood magic that drives pop culture.

TV has always been a very strong and powerful medium for women.

We tried our damnedest to make it a special entertainment, but I'll admit I'm a contributor to the decline in TV standards.